Now this was a pretty amazing discovery!
A request for time off dating back more than half a millennium ago was discovered. And the person requesting off was none other than legendary literary figure of Middle English, Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of the "The Canterbury Tales."
I took a class at Rutgers on Chaucer, where we read "The Canterbury Tales," among some other works by the legendary author. It was in the original Middle English, which was so different, that it really was like another language altogether.
Well below is a link to an article about this rather fascinating story of a request for time off dating back to his time, over six hundred years ago now! Pretty amazing stuff. Take a look:
Geoffrey Chaucer note asking for time off work identified as his handwriting by Dalya Alberge Mon 10 Jul 2023:
Exclusive: Document was originally thought to be written by clerk on behalf of Canterbury Tales writer who worked as civil servant Dalya Alberge Mon 10 Jul 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/10/geoffrey-chaucer-note-asking-for-time-off-work-identified-as-his-handwriting#:~:text=Geoffrey%20Chaucer%20note%20asking%20for%20time%20off%20work%20identified%20as%20his%20handwriting,-Exclusive%3A%20Document%20was&text=A%2014th%2Dcentury%20bureaucratic%20document,the%20father%20of%20English%20literature.
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